Illinois Ambulatory Surgery Center AssociationIASCA

US-CA-Laguna Niguel

# of Openings: 1
Category: Registered Nurse
System ID: 22146
Group Name: TGS


Overview

Surgical Care Affiliates (SCA) is transforming specialty care in our communities. We relentlessly create value by aligning physicians, health plans and health systems around a common goal: delivering exceptional care and healing to our patients and communities we serve. We are driven to achieve the quadruple aim in health care: high quality outcomes and a better experience for patients and providers, all at a lower total cost of care. As a national leader in surgical care, SCA's 11,000 teammates operate more than 260 surgical facilities that serve over 1 million patients per year. For more information on SCA, visit www.scasurgery.com.

Why join SCA? Consider the following fantastic benefits...

• Positive work culture
• Career growth opportunities
• Comprehensive medical, vision and dental insurance - eligible on Day 1 of employment
• Paid time off plus 8 paid holidays
• Maternity/paternity/adoption benefits
• Employer-paid life and short- and long-term disability insurance
• Excellent 401(k) Plan

Accountabilities / Responsibilities

The Nurse Manager is responsible for the overall functioning of the Nursing Department. As a Registered Nurse is responsible for assessing, planning, implementing, and coordinating patient care from admission to discharge. The Registered Nurse is responsible for assisting with the achievement of patient outcomes through implementation of critical pathways and in accordance with the mission of the hospital.

Primary position responsibilities:

• Assesses, plans, evaluates, and ensures the implementation of the patient's pathway to achieve identified outcomes
• Assumes a leadership role in the provision of quality nursing care for patients receiving services within the nursing department
• Demonstrates continued competence in assessing, treating, and caring for individuals based upon age-specific needs utilizing a developmental perspective
• Demonstrates appropriate knowledge and competence of designated skills identified for position
• Supervises the smooth functioning of the unit on assigned shift

Secondary position responsibilities:

Communications:

• Communicates patient information to assure confidentiality and continuity of care
• Interacts with all patients, families, visitors, and fellow employees in a mature, responsible manner to ensure a positive and professional hospital environment
• Communicates shift/unit issues to appropriate personnel in a timely manner

Attitude:

• Maintains and evaluate own clinical expertise and unit clinical practice
  • Performs a yearly self-evaluation
  • Attends 75% of unit-based staff meetings and demonstrates review of minutes for all others
  • Provides a unit based inservice, annually
• Demonstrates the importance of continuing education to the performance of facility responsibilities and growth in profession
  • Maintains and displays appropriate knowledge of professional developments through printed material or other sources.
  • Attends professional training seminars when appropriate for job development and shares information with other staff members.
  • Attends and participates in all applicable hospital training and development workshops scheduled by the facility
• Maintains work area and equipment in a pristine manner
• Has attended and put into practice the principles of Service Satisfaction
• Maintains dress and appearance according to standards as observed by management
• Demonstrates the safe operation of equipment and machinery and follows procedures for reporting and correcting an unsafe situation
• Strives to be professional, courteous, helpful, and cooperative
• Performs all other duties as assigned

Qualifications

Licenses or Certificates:

• Current Licensure in the State
• Successful completion of Basic Cardiac Life Support Course.
• CNOR preferred.

Total education, vocational training and experience (minimum requirements of candidate):

• Graduate of an Accredited School of Nursing and/or BSN, Master's degree in Nursing/Management preferred.

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